Krakow gunman looked up Norwegian mass killer Breivik, Polish minister says

Summary

Poland's justice minister said on Tuesday that the gunman who killed people in a Krakow square on November 7 had visited websites about Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, and that there were signs he may have been influenced by right-wing extremism. Deutsche Welle reported that the 24-year-old suspect had read a significant amount of material about Breivik and other far-right figures. Al Jazeera reported that he looked up Breivik, who killed dozens in 2011. The suspect's motives have become the subject of a bitter political dispute in Warsaw.

Timeline

1. Straits Times

   10 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that Poland's justice minister said on Tuesday the dead Krakow square gunman visited websites about Anders Behring Breivik, and that there were signs he may have been influenced by right-wing extremism.

2. Deutsche Welle

   10 Nov 2026, 15:30 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that the 24-year-old Krakow shooting suspect was found to have read a significant amount of material about Anders Breivik and other far-right figures, and that speculation over his motives has prompted a bitter political feud in Warsaw.

3. Al Jazeera

   10 Nov 2026, 15:36 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that the suspect in the deadly November 7 Krakow shooting looked up Breivik, the white supremacist who killed dozens in 2011, according to a minister.